Entrepreneurship & Innovation

A quick, creative wrap-up lesson where students apply their knowledge of soil conservation practices to design a sustainable farm plot and craft a persuasive pitch.

Students present their evolution maps and prototypes in a class showcase and reflect on the project.

Students analyze the societal impact of their chosen technology, focusing on communication, privacy, and environmental changes.

Students investigate the evolution of household technology, comparing historical devices with modern equivalents and predicting future innovations while analyzing their impact on society.

In this lesson, students become design detectives to identify everyday problems in their surroundings and use design thinking to brainstorm and prototype innovative solutions. Students will develop empathy, observation skills, and creative problem-solving through a structured investigative process.

Cette séance de 2 heures permet aux élèves de distinguer qualification et compétence, d'analyser l'impact des conditions de travail sur le comportement des salariés et de mesurer la performance de l'activité humaine via des indicateurs de productivité et de climat social.

An advanced extension unit for Grade 6 students who have completed 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind'. This project-based learning experience focuses on engineering, resourcefulness, and community-driven innovation through a variety of high-level project choices.

A lesson exploring how tectonic movements, volcanic activity, and ancient environments determine the global distribution of minerals like lithium and cobalt, and how this geology affects global economics.

A STEM lesson for middle and high school students exploring the concept of 'enablement' in patent law. Students practice technical writing by creating precise specifications for everyday objects, learning how clear communication is the required 'price' for a legal monopoly.

Students investigate the shift from 'take-make-waste' linear economies to regenerative circular models, using Apple's sustainability efforts as a case study before designing their own circular product lifecycles.

Students design a mock company by applying the four core business functions (Operations, Marketing, Finance, and HR) and presenting their "pitch."

A hands-on engineering lesson where students dissect electrical cables to explore the atomic properties of conductors and insulators, material selection in engineering, and the economics of resource scarcity.

A middle school lesson introducing sustainability through the 'Tragedy of the Commons' concept, featuring a hands-on simulation, video analysis of Pennsylvania's logging history, and a creative redesign activity.

Students explore the impact of consumer choices by identifying and researching sustainable certification labels (FSC, MSC, etc.) on everyday products to understand how their shopping habits can protect wildlife.

Students investigate the concept of NASA spinoffs, identify challenges faced by astronauts, and engineer original tools that solve a space problem while serving a secondary purpose for people on Earth.

Students will investigate meat and fish production methods, comparing traditional systems like free-range farming and wild fishing with industrial methods like CAFOs and aquaculture. Through a video-based exploration and a land-management simulation, they will analyze the economic and environmental trade-offs of different food production strategies.

This lesson explores the dramatic environmental and economic transformation of the Loess Plateau in China, challenging students to analyze how ecological restoration can break cycles of poverty and create sustainable social wealth. Students will evaluate the cost-benefit of large-scale restoration projects and the intrinsic link between soil health and human prosperity.

Students will investigate technological solutions for water scarcity—such as desalination, drip irrigation, and smart sensors—and develop a 'Shark Tank' style proposal for their local city council. The lesson centers on a video case study of the Colorado River watershed and culminates in a group pitch competition.

Students step into the role of town leaders in Pine Valley to develop a Resource Management Plan. They must balance economic needs with environmental sustainability while navigating the Tragedy of the Commons to protect their forest, coal mine, and river for future generations.

Students present their evolution maps and prototypes in a class showcase and reflect on the project.

Students analyze the societal impact of their chosen technology, focusing on communication, privacy, and environmental changes.

Students investigate the evolution of household technology, comparing historical devices with modern equivalents and predicting future innovations while analyzing their impact on society.

In this lesson, students become design detectives to identify everyday problems in their surroundings and use design thinking to brainstorm and prototype innovative solutions. Students will develop empathy, observation skills, and creative problem-solving through a structured investigative process.

An advanced extension unit for Grade 6 students who have completed 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind'. This project-based learning experience focuses on engineering, resourcefulness, and community-driven innovation through a variety of high-level project choices.

Cette leçon guide les élèves dans la conception d'une affiche publicitaire pour leur mini-entreprise, en se concentrant sur le passage du format A4 au format Raisin. Elle intègre des notions de français (titre, légendes) et de mathématiques (proportionnalité) dans un cadre professionnel immersif.

Students investigate the shift from 'take-make-waste' linear economies to regenerative circular models, using Apple's sustainability efforts as a case study before designing their own circular product lifecycles.

Students design a mock company by applying the four core business functions (Operations, Marketing, Finance, and HR) and presenting their "pitch."

A lesson connecting the physical properties of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks to their real-world applications in construction, art, and energy. Students explore local examples and create a 'Rock Real Estate' marketing poster.

Students investigate the concept of NASA spinoffs, identify challenges faced by astronauts, and engineer original tools that solve a space problem while serving a secondary purpose for people on Earth.

Students will investigate technological solutions for water scarcity—such as desalination, drip irrigation, and smart sensors—and develop a 'Shark Tank' style proposal for their local city council. The lesson centers on a video case study of the Colorado River watershed and culminates in a group pitch competition.

A middle school science lesson where students hunt for 'vampire power' and energy waste in their classroom to understand conservation. Students watch an energy conservation video, conduct a hands-on audit, and propose institutional changes to save energy and money.

A high-energy lesson where students audit their campus, learn the Three Pillars of sustainability, and pitch a concrete improvement plan to a mock 'School Board'.

Students will learn the concept of a 'Unique Selling Point' (USP) by analyzing popular media examples and the 'Android Romeo' pitch from the video, eventually creating their own USP using a genre/setting mash-up.

Students pitch their inventions in a showcase, explaining the functionality, human impact, and ethical considerations of their designs.

Students design and prototype an automated invention, focusing on the systems design of inputs, processes, and outputs.

Using design thinking, students empathize with user groups to identify specific problems that could be solved with automated solutions.

Students explore how technology creates new jobs and identify uniquely human skills that are essential in an automated future.

Students analyze automation in various industries using the 'dull, dirty, or dangerous' framework to understand why tasks are automated.

Cette leçon guide les élèves dans la conception d'une affiche publicitaire pour leur mini-entreprise, en se concentrant sur le passage du format A4 au format Raisin. Elle intègre des notions de français (titre, légendes) et de mathématiques (proportionnalité) dans un cadre professionnel immersif.

A lesson designed to help students distinguish between effective and ineffective slide design for their invention presentations. It uses a side-by-side comparison of a 'good' and 'bad' presentation to teach visual design and organization principles.

A STEM lesson for middle and high school students exploring the concept of 'enablement' in patent law. Students practice technical writing by creating precise specifications for everyday objects, learning how clear communication is the required 'price' for a legal monopoly.

Students design a mock company by applying the four core business functions (Operations, Marketing, Finance, and HR) and presenting their "pitch."

This lesson introduces students to the four core business functions (Operations, Marketing, Finance, and Human Resources) through a school-based analogy and a video-led discussion on interdependence. Students will map these functions onto their own school environment to understand how organizations work behind the scenes.

Students will synthesize multiple climate solutions from the provided video to redesign a polluted fictional town, 'Smogville', into a sustainable 'Greenville' while managing a budget.

Students explore the economic and environmental trade-offs of mining through a hands-on cookie simulation, focusing on extraction difficulty and the costs of land reclamation.

Students will investigate meat and fish production methods, comparing traditional systems like free-range farming and wild fishing with industrial methods like CAFOs and aquaculture. Through a video-based exploration and a land-management simulation, they will analyze the economic and environmental trade-offs of different food production strategies.

Students will investigate technological solutions for water scarcity—such as desalination, drip irrigation, and smart sensors—and develop a 'Shark Tank' style proposal for their local city council. The lesson centers on a video case study of the Colorado River watershed and culminates in a group pitch competition.

A middle school science lesson where students hunt for 'vampire power' and energy waste in their classroom to understand conservation. Students watch an energy conservation video, conduct a hands-on audit, and propose institutional changes to save energy and money.

A high-energy lesson where students audit their campus, learn the Three Pillars of sustainability, and pitch a concrete improvement plan to a mock 'School Board'.

Students showcase their final prototypes and reflect on the collaborative process of building with AI, focusing on how their original vision evolved.

A peer-testing session where students gather user feedback and practice translating verbal suggestions into effective AI prompts for iterative improvement.

Students apply visual styles and UI/UX improvements to their functional apps using descriptive 'vibe' prompts to explore different aesthetics rapidly.

Students use iterative prompting to build the 'Minimum Viable Product' (MVP), focusing entirely on core logic and functional performance before aesthetic considerations.

Students select a manageable project and define its scope using the 'Must Haves' vs. 'Nice to Haves' framework to ensure success in a rapid development cycle.

Students finalize and deploy their applications, conduct peer reviews, and generate release notes using AI.

Students practice building complex features through modular prompts and regression testing to maintain code context.

This lesson focuses on JavaScript generation, where students prompt the AI to implement logic flow, event handling, and data storage.

Students explore CSS generation by describing moods and layouts, and learn to troubleshoot visual glitches by explaining errors to the AI.

A quick, creative wrap-up lesson where students apply their knowledge of soil conservation practices to design a sustainable farm plot and craft a persuasive pitch.

In this lesson, students become design detectives to identify everyday problems in their surroundings and use design thinking to brainstorm and prototype innovative solutions. Students will develop empathy, observation skills, and creative problem-solving through a structured investigative process.

An advanced extension unit for Grade 6 students who have completed 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind'. This project-based learning experience focuses on engineering, resourcefulness, and community-driven innovation through a variety of high-level project choices.

Cette leçon guide les élèves dans la conception d'une affiche publicitaire pour leur mini-entreprise, en se concentrant sur le passage du format A4 au format Raisin. Elle intègre des notions de français (titre, légendes) et de mathématiques (proportionnalité) dans un cadre professionnel immersif.

A lesson introducing core marketing concepts through interactive listening activities and visual matching. Students will master terms like market research, demographics, advertising, and the sales funnel.

Students design a mock company by applying the four core business functions (Operations, Marketing, Finance, and HR) and presenting their "pitch."

A lesson connecting the physical properties of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks to their real-world applications in construction, art, and energy. Students explore local examples and create a 'Rock Real Estate' marketing poster.

Students explore the impact of consumer choices by identifying and researching sustainable certification labels (FSC, MSC, etc.) on everyday products to understand how their shopping habits can protect wildlife.

Students investigate the concept of NASA spinoffs, identify challenges faced by astronauts, and engineer original tools that solve a space problem while serving a secondary purpose for people on Earth.

Students will investigate technological solutions for water scarcity—such as desalination, drip irrigation, and smart sensors—and develop a 'Shark Tank' style proposal for their local city council. The lesson centers on a video case study of the Colorado River watershed and culminates in a group pitch competition.

Students pitch their inventions in a showcase, explaining the functionality, human impact, and ethical considerations of their designs.

Students design and prototype an automated invention, focusing on the systems design of inputs, processes, and outputs.

Using design thinking, students empathize with user groups to identify specific problems that could be solved with automated solutions.

Students explore how technology creates new jobs and identify uniquely human skills that are essential in an automated future.

Students analyze automation in various industries using the 'dull, dirty, or dangerous' framework to understand why tasks are automated.

Students showcase their final prototypes and reflect on the collaborative process of building with AI, focusing on how their original vision evolved.

A peer-testing session where students gather user feedback and practice translating verbal suggestions into effective AI prompts for iterative improvement.

Students apply visual styles and UI/UX improvements to their functional apps using descriptive 'vibe' prompts to explore different aesthetics rapidly.

Students use iterative prompting to build the 'Minimum Viable Product' (MVP), focusing entirely on core logic and functional performance before aesthetic considerations.

Students select a manageable project and define its scope using the 'Must Haves' vs. 'Nice to Haves' framework to ensure success in a rapid development cycle.